Homer is a human whose existence is disputed[1]. He was born on 900 BC[2]. He died on 800 BC[3] in Ios[4]. He worked as a poet[5], author[6], and writer[7]. He ranks in the top 0.33% of human whose existence is disputed entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51,186 views/month, #1 of 306).[8]
Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[28], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[29], BEIC Digital Library[30], 1870 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology[31]
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Things named for Homer include Homeric Question[36], Homeric Greek[37], Homeric Hymns[38], Homer's Odyssey[39], Homeric simile[40], Contest of him and Hesiod[41], Chios Island National Airport[42], and Homeridae[43].
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Homer has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] He is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]
He has been cited as an influence by Friedrich Nietzsche[46], a philosopher[47], 1844–1900[48], of Kingdom of Prussia[49], specialised in classical philology[50]; Plato[51], a philosopher[52], -0427–-0347[53], of Classical Athens[54], specialised in philosophy[55]; Wendell Berry[56], a poet[57], 1934–2026[58], of United States[59], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship[60], specialised in English-language literature[61]; Jorge Luis Borges[62], a translator[63], 1899–1986[64], of Argentina[65], awarded the Gran Premio de Honor de la SADE[66]; Henry David Thoreau[67], a poet[68], 1817–1862[69], of United States[70], awarded the Hall of Fame for Great Americans[71], specialised in writing[72]; and Virgil[73], a poet[74], -0070–-0019[75], of Ancient Rome[76], specialised in epic poem[77].
Works attributed to him include Odyssey[78], Iliad[79], Homeric Hymns[80], Telemachy[81], Margites[82], and Hymn to Demeter I[83]. Entities named for him include Homeric Question[36], Homeric Greek[37], Homeric Hymns[38], Homer's Odyssey[39], Homeric simile[40], and Contest of him and Hesiod[41].
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